Latest Senegal News
Nearly 170 rescued Senegalese migrants returned after Mauritania refused to take them in
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nearly 170 migrants returned to Senegal on Wednesday after spending almost a week in limbo on a Spanish rescue boat. Deputy Mayor Lamine Ndiaye confirmed 168 migrants were safely transferred from a Spanish vessel to Senegalese authorities. They were expected...
Spain urges Mauritania to allow 168 migrants rescued at sea to disembark
MADRID (AP) — About 170 migrants who were rescued in the Atlantic Ocean have been stuck aboard a Spanish Civil Guard boat for days near the northwest African nation of Mauritania after authorities there refused to let them disembark, according to Spanish media reports. Spain’s...
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Francis Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa that has reduced production. Cheap rice...
After a month at sea, 37 Senegalese survivors of a deadly migration attempt to Spain return home
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A few dozen survivors of a deadly sea attempt to migrate to Europe reunited with their tearful families in Senegal, a week after they were found adrift off the Atlantic archipelago of Cape Verde. A boat carrying more than 100 people is believed to have set...
Senegalese opposition leader in intensive care nearly three weeks into hunger strike
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was put in intensive care Thursday, nearly three weeks into a hunger strike to protest criminal charges brought against him by Senegal's government, his party said. Sonko was put in detention July 31 in advance of a trial...
More than 60 Senegalese migrants are feared dead on a monthlong voyage to Spain
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel rescued a boat off the Atlantic archipelago of Cape Verde that originally had more than 100 people aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said Thursday. Seven bodies were found on the...
Dozens of Senegalese migrants are dead or missing after their boat is rescued with 38 survivors
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Dozens of migrants headed for Spain are believed missing and feared dead after coast guards off the Atlantic Island of Cabo Verde rescued 38 people on a boat that had left Senegal in West Africa over one month ago with more than 100 aboard, authorities and migrant advocates...
Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko hospitalized a week into prison hunger strike
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, who has been on a hunger strike in prison to protest criminal charges against him, was hospitalized Sunday, his party said. Sonko was imprisoned last week in advance of criminal proceedings against him on...
International pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger while hundreds rally in support of junta
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — International pressure mounted Thursday against leaders of the coup in Niger as the American secretary of state said the United States “stands very much” in support of West African leaders who have threatened to use force to restore the nation's democracy, and Senegal...
Senegal dissolves opposition party, restricts internet ahead of next year's presidential election
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's government Monday dissolved a major opposition party hours after the party's popular president and opposition leader said a judge ordered his arrest. Ousmane Sonko, a towering opposition figure widely supported by Senegal's youth, was in prison...
